Chapter 60: The Iron Army (1)

It can be said that at this time, in the Lin'an Imperial City, except for the gangs in the rivers and lakes that were incorporated into the Jinyiwei, there were no other gangs, and even the beggars all over the north and south of the river were expelled from the Lin'an Imperial City.

In a mansion in the eastern city of the Lin'an Imperial City, this is a secret stronghold of Jinyiwei, and Jiang Shang is listening to the report of his subordinate Wang Qian.

"Master, although we have eradicated and incorporated the gangs in Lin'an City, there are less than a hundred of them who have truly reached the third-rate masters of the rivers and lakes. ”

"The official members of our Jinyiwei have asked for a lower level of requirements, otherwise there will be insufficient manpower in all departments!" Wang Qian said with a slight complaint.

Originally, there were nearly 200 second- and third-rate masters in the rivers and lakes, plus the gang forces that incorporated nearly 100 people, no matter where they were placed, they were a big force in the rivers and lakes.

But now, Jiang Shang wants to control the entire Lin'an Imperial City, and he has to control the entire Imperial Palace, which is scattered, and some people are not enough.

However, Jiang Shang also set the standard for joining Jinyiwei above the third-rate level of the rivers and lakes, otherwise he could only become a peripheral member of Jinyiwei and could not touch the core of Jinyiwei.

As a result, there is a shortage of personnel in various departments in Jinyiwei. This Wang Qian was appointed by Jiang Shang as an important position of deputy commander of Jinyiwei because of his light skills, in charge of the intelligence department.

However, a dignified deputy commander of Jinyiwei has less than ten subordinates in his hands, and he has to do everything himself, which made Wang Qian propose to lower the standard of becoming an official member of Jinyiwei!

After Jiang Shang heard this, he decisively vetoed: "The standard cannot be lowered, we must all be elites among the Jinyi guards, and we would rather lack than abuse." ”

"But don't worry, I have already sent a message to the Quanzhen Sect Flying Pigeon, and within ten days, three hundred Quanzhen disciples will come, and they will be organized into your various departments at that time. ”

When Wang Qian heard that there were going to be three hundred True True disciples who were to be incorporated into the Jinyi Guard, he immediately smiled from ear to ear. You must know that those who came out of Quanzhen were all third-rate masters who cultivated both inside and outside, and the quality of those third-rate masters who were recruited from the Lin'an Imperial City was more than a star and a half higher.

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At this time, the name of Jinyiwei, not to mention that it has spread throughout the Southern Song Dynasty, at least in the entire Lin'an Imperial City, everyone knows it.

However, except for the entire Wuhua Hall in the palace, which was personally carved out by Zhao Yun and renamed the Jinyiwei Office, no one else could find the office of Jinyiwei.

However, the Jinyi Guard office in the palace is just a place to hide people's eyes. There was no one there except for the ten retinues of the rivers and lakes who were arranged by Jiang Shang to be subdued by him, and who were ordered to train a hundred little eunuchs for Jiang Shang who had become dead soldiers.

That's right, after Jiang Shang got the "Sunflower Treasure Book", he naturally couldn't waste it. Besides, there are not many others in the palace, that is, there are many eunuchs.

Therefore, he asked his subordinates to select a hundred young eunuchs with some qualifications and under the age of twenty, train him as a dead soldier, and then pass on his martial arts in the "Sunflower Treasure Book".

Now, Jiang Shang has entered the Lin'an Imperial City for more than a month, and it can be said that both inside and outside the palace are basically in his hands.

Especially in the palace, at this time, all the generals of the Praetorian Guard have been replaced by those martial arts people who Jiang Shang subdued.

Now, Jiang Shang has eradicated, subdued, and expelled all the unofficial forces in the Imperial City of Lin'an, and then he will take action against the civil and military officials in the court.

Because, Jiang Shang needs that in the Southern Song Dynasty court, there is only one voice of Zhao Yun, and what Zhao Yun will say in the court is all explained by him Jiang Shang in advance.

The first year of Chunyu, March, 3rd.

Zhao Yun suddenly issued an order to rectify the dynasty, and ordered Jinyiwei to command Jiang Shang to investigate the civil and military officials, and strictly investigate whether there were corrupt and bribe-taking people.

Under the extreme unpreparedness of the civil and military officials, more than 100 people were arrested and put in prison by the Jinyi Guard, among which the prime minister Jia Yidao had the highest official position.

A total of 30,840,000 taels of silver were confiscated, which was equivalent to the total revenue of the treasury in the Southern Song Dynasty for six years.

The first year of Chunyu, May, 12th.

Zhao Yun promulgated the holy decree again, and the people of the Southern Song Dynasty were exempted from various taxes for two years, and the whole country celebrated as soon as this matter came out.

The first year of Chunyu, November, 25th.

Zhao Yun ordered the Jinyi Guard to command Jiang Shang and establish the Jinyi Command Envoy Branch in the major state capitals of the Southern Song Dynasty. So far, the seeds of Jinyiwei have spread throughout the Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course, these are just superficial things that are deliberately visible. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there are still some unknown things that are quietly happening.

For example, the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry were beginning to forge and hoard strong crossbows, heavy armor, long knives, spears, etc.

Now Jiang Shang has completely mastered an army of 100,000 people, and he named it the Iron Armor Army, and at this time he is abiding by the modern training manual he compiled and starting to train.

These 100,000 elite soldiers are divided into ten teams, and every once in a while, five teams will be pulled out for actual combat training, targeting the green forest bandits who occupy the mountains in the entire Southern Song Dynasty.

These soldiers are different from the ordinary soldiers in the past, although their moves are some basic knife skills, marksmanship and the like. However, the people in the green forest who were exterminated by them all found that these soldiers had some internal force in their bodies.

That's right, these soldiers not only accept the modern training manual compiled by Jiang Shang on weekdays, but they also have to practice the "Quanzhen True Heart Method".

"Quanxin Heart Law" is the authentic Xuanmen, although it is not as good as the internal strength of the Nine Yin True Scripture and the Nine Yang True Scripture, it can be quickly achieved after entry. However, the "Quanzhen Heart Method" is gentle and easy to learn, and it is taught by authentic Quanzhen disciples.

Even if you are illiterate, it doesn't matter, the disciples of the Quanzhen Sect will inject internal force into your body, let you feel the running route, and then you can just follow the cultivation.

Therefore, Jiang Shang regarded the "Quanxin Heart Law" as a compulsory course for the Iron Armor Army.

In other words, no matter how high the martial arts are, it will not play much role in the army, unless he is as perverted as Jiang Shang, he is no longer afraid of the slashing of ordinary swords.

In that case, then why did Jiang Shang still let these soldiers cultivate their internal strength? Could it be that Jiang Shang wanted to train all these 100,000 troops into martial arts masters?

Definitely!

The reason why the Ironclad Army is called the Ironclad Army is because they are all heavy infantry, and they are very heavy. Such a class of troops requires great strength and physical strength.